From Grand Central Publishing:
"A memoir of heartbreak, thousand-mile races, the endless Alaskan wilderness and many, many dogs from one of only a handful of women to have completed both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod.
In 2009, after a crippling divorce that left her heartbroken and directionless, Kristin decided to accept an offer to live at a friend’s cabin outside of Denali National Park in Alaska for a few months. In exchange for housing, she would take care of her friend’s eight sled dogs.
That winter, she learned that she was tougher than she ever knew. She learned how to survive in one of the most remote places on earth and she learned she was strong enough to be alone. She fell in love twice: first with running sled dogs, and then with Andy, a gentle man who had himself moved to Alaska to heal a broken heart.
Kristin and Andy married and started a sled dog kennel. While this work was enormously satisfying, Kristin became determined to complete the Iditarod — the 1,000-mile dogsled race from Anchorage, in south central Alaska, to Nome on the western Bering Sea coast.
This Much Country is the story of renewal and transformation. It’s about journeying across a wild and unpredictable landscape and finding inner peace, courage and a true home. It’s about pushing boundaries and overcoming paralyzing fears."
"Kristin Knight Pace was born in Fort Worth, TX and graduated with honors from The University of Montana with a degree in photojournalism. After writing for several newspapers and magazines, she left the publishing world to lead a life worth writing about — one of adventure. What was supposed to be a five-month stay turned into years on end, and now she has found and married the love of her life, become the Lead Backcountry Ranger for Denali National Park, and realized her dream of running dogs through the wilderness of Alaska. Kristin finished the 2015 Yukon Quest and the 2016 Iditarod."If This Much Country sounds like a book you'd like to read, enter to win a copy using the Rafflecopter form below. Open to US and Canada, ends March 9/19.
8 comments:
Sounds like a really interesting book. Thanks for the chance to win it.
This memoir sounds fascinating and unforgettable. A real life that interests me greatly. Thanks.
You had me at memoir.
Not entering the giveaway but I love memoirs and this does sound very interesting. I don't believe I have read anything that takes place in Alaska
Thanks for the opportunity to have a copy of your book. Always enjoy the chance to read a new-to-me author.
Thanks for the giveaway, it sounds really good!
This sounds very different and very good! Thanks for the chance to win.
Alaska is so fascinating as are the people who choose to live there. Thanks for the contest, this sounds like an amazing read.
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